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Connected Medical Technology and Cybersecurity Informed Consent: A New Paradigm
Jeffrey Tully1, Andrea Coravos2,3,4,5, Megan Doerr6
1Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA, United States.
Background:
Connected medical technology is increasingly prevalent and offers both a host of new therapeutic potentials and cybersecurity-related considerations. Current practice largely does not include discussions of cybersecurity issues when clinicians obtain informed consent.
Objective:
This paper aims to raise awareness about cybersecurity considerations for connected medical technology as they relate to informed consent discussions between patients and clinicians.
Methods:
Clinicians, health care cybersecurity researchers, and informed consent experts propose the concept of a cybersecurity informed consent for connected medical technology.
Results:
This viewpoint discusses concepts designed to facilitate further discussion on the need, development, and execution of cybersecurity informed consent.
Conclusions:
Cybersecurity informed consent may be a necessary component of informed consent practices, as connected medical technology proliferates in the health care environment.
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